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Brothers of the Sword

(Encyclopedia)Brothers of the Sword: see Livonian Brothers of the Sword. ...

queen of the meadow

(Encyclopedia)queen of the meadow or queen of the prairie: see spiraea. ...

Charles I, emperor of the West and Frankish king

(Encyclopedia)Charles I, emperor of the West and Frankish king: see Charlemagne. ...

Green Bay, arm of Lake Michigan

(Encyclopedia)Green Bay, western arm of Lake Michigan, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 20 mi (16–32 km) wide, NE Wis. and NW Mich.; separated from the lake by the Door and Garden peninsulas. The Fox River f...

Hebrides, the

(Encyclopedia)Hebrides, the hĕbˈrĭdēz [key], Western Isles, or Western Islands, group of more than 50 islands, W and NW Scotland. Less than a fifth of the islands are inhabited. The Outer Hebrides (sometimes al...

Congo, kingdom of the

(Encyclopedia)Congo, kingdom of the: see Kongo, kingdom of. ...

Charles III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily

(Encyclopedia)Charles III, 1716–88, king of Spain (1759–88) and of Naples and Sicily (1735–59), son of Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese. Recognized as duke of Parma and Piacenza in 1731, he relinquished the duc...

duplication of the cube

(Encyclopedia)duplication of the cube: see geometric problems of antiquity. ...